cement thickness tester?
cement thickness tester?
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would anybody know of a solution for finding the thickness of cement with some type of a device other than ground penetrating radar ( they cost 20 thousand). I want to be able to be inside of someones house and without messing up the carpet or tile or flooring detect where the thicker parts of the concrete are. Under a cement slab in a house it is either four inches thick or two foot thick where they trenched out for the beams. i need some type of scanning device (similar to like a wall stud finder) that will tell me that the cement is either 4 inches thick or its two foot thick. there is rebar through out the whole slab so metal detectors go bezerk. i found a company that makes a cement thickness tester but you must have contact with the cement so the carpet and tile get in the way. ground penetrating radar starts around 20 grand and it is overkill, because i dont need an image or to find stuff. Im trying to solve this problem for the foundation contractors here i work with and would appreciate any ideas. thank you.





RE: cement thickness tester?
RE: cement thickness tester?
RE: cement thickness tester?
I don't thin placing a small pool of silicon grease in the carpet would be acceptable to the homeowner.
For radar, the carpet and padding would behave mostly like air and would have a different response from the concrete allowing you to differentiate just the concrete.
Seems like something DeWalt or Stanley ought to investigate to develop a tool.
RE: cement thickness tester?
RE: cement thickness tester?
RE: cement thickness tester?
RE: cement thickness tester?
Says it works on bonded tile, but you may need to lift up a patch of carpet.
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RE: cement thickness tester?
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